Software Engineer - APEX

About the role

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We design, develop, and support custom software solutions that solve real business problems across DRW. Using Oracle APEX, Oracle Database, SQL, and PL/SQL, we rapidly build secure, scalable applications tailored to the specific needs of internal teams. We support several large systems, some of them with hundreds of users, and also partner with support teams that have immediate needs and short time frames.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with end-users to define specifications and develop software solutions
• Work in a complex and non-routine environment requiring advanced technical/business skills
• Maintain and support existing Oracle systems and various integrations to other third-party systems
• Participate in the improvement of development processes
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize APEX applications for performance
• Ensure adherence to coding standards
• Write clear technical documentation for developed applications, processes, and APIs

Requirements

• 5+ years of application development experience
• 3+ years Oracle PL/SQL
• 3+ years Oracle APEX experience
• Experience with data modeling
• Experience with GIT version control
• Scripting language experience (shell scripting, python, node, etc.)

Skills

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Web development, REST web services
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
• Familiarity with containers and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with tools like SQL Developer, VS-Code, etc.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000 to $210,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Benefits

• Group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
• 401k (with discretionary employer match)
• Short and long-term disability
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Health savings accounts
• Flexible spending accounts